Assistant Manager - Litigation Counsel

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Role Summary:

We are seeking a mid-level legal professional to join the Corporate Counsel team, with a strong focus on employment and labour laws, governance, and dispute-related matters. The role will involve hands-on drafting, reviewing, and negotiation of governance, HR, and partner-related agreements and policies, along with managing employment-related issues, contentious matters, and legal risk.

Key Responsibilities:

Required:

• Manage and oversee all litigation and dispute matters across courts, tribunals, and regulatory forums in India and outside as they case may be.
• Liaise with external counsel, track case strategy, filings, hearings, and ensure timely follow-ups.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to gather facts, documents, and inputs for litigation matters.
• Monitor litigation risks, maintain case dashboards, and provide periodic updates to senior management.
• Ensure compliance with court orders, regulatory directions, and internal legal processes.
• Ability to draft a contract from scratch and creation/ maintenance of standard templates
• Research on relevant matters concerning the above laws

Preferred/ Added Advantage:

• In-depth knowledge and experience in employment and labour laws
• Knowledge of LLP Act, Partnership Act, Companies Act, Trust laws, conveyancing, employment laws. Combination preferred.
• Experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating LLP Agreements, Partnership Agreements, AoA review, governance policies, HR contracts, partner contracts, employment agreements, code of conduct, whistleblower policies, grievance policies, POSH policies etc.
• Experience in handling HR and partner legal affair matters such as terminations and contentious issues as well as problem solving
• Assist in managing litigation, disputes, and contentious matters by reviewing pleadings, tracking matters, and advising internal stakeholders on risk and strategy.
• Ability to draft a contract from scratch and creation/ maintenance of standard templates
• Other matters to give effect to the above mentioned scope

Key Requirements:

• 4-8 years PQE with an LLB degree (CS, LLM, and related courses additionally preferred).
• Focused, with high analytical thinking and detail orientation.
• High proficiency in English (verbal and written).
• Strategic thinking and ability to navigate complex projects.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong organizational skills

About Company

BDO is a global network of professional services firms with a presence in over 166 countries, revenue of over USD 14 billion, and experience of over 60 years. Its a leading service provider for the mid-markets with client service at its heart. BDO India Services Private Limited (or ‘BDO India’) is the India member firm of BDO International. BDO India offers strategic, operational, accounting and tax, and regulatory advisory & assistance for both domestic and international organizations across a range of industries. BDO India is led by more than 300+ Partners & Directors with a team of over 10,000+ professionals operating across 14 key cities. We expect to grow sizably in the coming 3-5 years, adding various dimensions to our business and multiplying and increasing the current team size multi-fold.